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Territory of Washington, which became a State in 1889. 

 Here he soon became prominent in various matters, educa- 

 tional as well as professional. He has steadily declined to 

 enter political life, though often urged so to do. 



On September 2^, 1899, Mr. Felch was married to Minna Ro- 

 setta, daughter of Frederich and Marie Louise Fehly. His wife 

 was a native of Illinois, where she was born in 1866 ; and her pa- 

 rents were Germans, who had settled at Freeport, Illinois. By 

 this union there have been born a girl, and a boy who died in 

 infancy. During his life on the Pacific coast he has written 

 much for the eastern press, particularly for the Fitchburg Sen- 

 tinel. His career as a lawyer has been a successful one, and 

 he has become a man of mark in the great North-west. 



Mr. Fetch's father, whom I knew well, was employed in 

 various capacities about the station at Groton Junction from 

 the time when the Fitchburg Railroad, the Worcester and 

 Nashua, and the several other railroads were built, forming 

 one of the busiest junctions in the country. So many pas- 

 sengers changed cars at this place, now known as Ayer, that 

 Mr. Felch became a well-known character to the travelling 

 public. He died on May 31, 1895, aged 75 years, 10 months, 

 and 22 days; and his widow, on April 21, 1898, aged 73 

 years, 5 months, and 5 days. He was a native of Greenfield, 

 New Hampshire; and she was a native of Groton. His par- 

 ents were Daniel and Ruth (Walker) Felch ; and her parents 

 were Elijah and Mary (Green) Bennett. 



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Harvard graduates who admire the artistic new fence with 

 its imposing gates around the college grounds may be interested 

 to know that the old fence — upon which so many former grad- 

 uates have sat and chatted — was not completely destroyed. A 

 section including about 500 or 600 feet with the old posts, forty- 

 two in number, now stands on each side of the main entrance to 

 the Lawrence Playground at Groton. The posts are of granite, 

 with dimensions at the top about twelve inches by thirteen. 



